PM Modi to chair meeting with MHA, NDMA over cyclone today

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting Monday afternoon to review the situation arising out of cyclone ‘Amphan’, which is likely to hit the eastern coast.

Union Minister Amit Shah said the Prime Minister’s meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the National Disaster Management Authority will take place at 4 pm.

“To review the arising cyclone situation in various parts of the country, PM @narendramodi ji will chair a high level meeting with MHA & NDMA, today at 4pm,” Shah tweeted.

The Prime Minister is the chairman of the NDMA. Cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is likely to intensify into a super cyclone by Monday evening and hit the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts as a very severe cyclone with a wind speed up to 185 km per hour on Wednesday, the Home Ministry earlier said.